On 8th June 793, Viking raided the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, beginning the Viking invasion of England. 117 Years later, England's warrior queen, Aethelflaed (pronounced Eth-el-fled), fought back.

What ensued was the Battle of Tettenhall, in what is now Wolverhampton, on the 5 August 910. Sandwiched between the two Anglo-Saxon forces, the Danes suffered a tremendous defeat; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle claimed that ‘many thousands of men’ perished, and the loss of two Danish kings, Healfdene and Eowils, as well as several nobles meant their defeat was the defeat of the last great raiding army from Denmark. Aethelflaed and Edward’s united forces could then turn against those further south, resulting in a rise of allied strength.